Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] been give [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops .
2 I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’
3 I 've been given permission to swim in the pool when the family 's not using it .
4 I do n't know if Craig has told you , but I 've been given authority to extend our maintenance contract with you for a further year , without going to tender .
5 He said I 've been giving Lee dinner money every day .
6 but I have actually worked for organizations where they do see it in terms of those centimetre arr erm measurements and that 's a you know I mean it 's funny when I 've been giving talks on communications erm one of the things I say to people is erm where your stuff appears is crucial do n't worry about one and page three .
7 Two marvellous collections of photographs came to light — Miss Puckle 's and Mr Emmanuel Beddoes ' — I have been given permission to use these , and many others lent by individuals .
8 Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 , Andrew Lees of Friends of the Earth declared , ‘ I have been given clearance by my Board to seek a judicial review … we are very serious about this issue and are going to go for it . ’
9 I have been given Roy , the dra the engineering the the senior designer , Dennis er Kev who 's our
10 In the fifteen years that I have been giving lectures on sleep and dreaming to many groups of sixth-formers as well as undergraduate students , I have , in fact , only once had a single positive response to this question .
11 As those Hon. Members who were in Committee know , I have been giving advice to Strathtay , which is the current Scottish Bus Group company , and to Stagecoach , both of which operate in my constituency .
12 Environmentalists have reported the government to the European Commission over nine road schemes which have been given approval without an environmental assessment .
13 Subject headings lists are lists of index terms , normally arranged in alphabetical order , which have been given authority for use in an index , catalogue or database for describing subjects .
14 As indicated in UPDATE 1 , the broad subject areas which have been given priority for development during the 1988–89 session are :
15 G. visits a couple of pollutions which have been giving trouble in the last week or two .
16 If you 're wearing , if you 're wearing headphones right you do n't stop everybody 's bound to work out and everyone lets you wear them , everyone 's bound to work out you 've been given permission to wear them .
17 Researchers with an interest in the subject matter of the programme are encouraged to contact SSRU who have been given resources under the programme to support a range of projects conducted by people from outside SSRU .
18 Local projects to benefit include the Alton Sports and Social Club who will receive £1,000 towards extensions to the Harry Baker pavilion ; Medstead Parish Council , who have been awarded £1,500 towards extensions to the village sports pavilion ; and Old Alresford Cricket Club , who have been given £100 to upgrade windows in their pavilion .
19 That cases like this whether or not favouritism was involved — occurred more frequently than one might suppose from the evidence of the biographical sources , however , is suggested once again by the kanun of 1006/1598 , in a passage immediately following the one quoted above : " Let the of those of the kasabat kadis who have been given mevleviyet status in post [ i.e. , in the place and period of their tenure ] not be accepted . "
20 Erm , the financial elements I find complex , I 'm sure from discussions with various members , they equally find it complex , but the position is , that in the current year , you have been given access to a specific grant .
21 We 've been given Lego and we 're learning to put things together in new ways .
22 We have been given reassurances that the water is safe to drink and it was just the long hot summer but we are not so sure .
23 They erm they tend to perhaps have a different attitude if they 've been given company shares , because they 're handled shares er fairly regularly , and that 's a different matter , erm I mean erm are there many people here who have privatized issues ?
24 ‘ But South Africa are a much better team than they 've been given credit for , and they are getting better with every match .
25 In one of the major cup competitions they have been given home advantage against first division Coventry .
26 Some have suffered symptoms so severe that they have been given medication by their doctor .
27 However , the buy-in or redemption may be carried out if it is approved by shareholders in general meeting and they have been given details of the offer in the circular .
28 They have been given guidance on the importance of distinguishing between needs , preferences , and wants .
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